Collar.



O. KAFKA. COLLAR.

APPLICATION men m1. I3, 2915.

Pafiented Feb. 8, 1916.

I {i It L purrnn era-n oisons KAIKA, or new roan, N. Y.

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coLLAn Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Application filed January 13, 1915.. Serial M 1397.

'1 '0 all :whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, Oscar: KAFKA, a'citizen of the United'States,residing at New York, county of Bronx, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a turn-down collar of improvedconstruction which will overcome the difficulties heretofore experiencedin adjusting or tying a cravat in desired osition in a collar when inplace about the neck of the wearer. This difficulty has been due to abinding or fricmum amount of friction between the scarf and collar whenthe former is placed in po-. sition on the latter. It is recognized,even with scarfs best designed for this purpose that they do notsatisfactorily overcome this difiiculty, especially with certain typesof collars or with collars that have not been properly laundrierl. WVithmy invention it is immaterial as to how the scarf is manufactured as inany event the frictional engagement of the scarf between the inner andouter folds of the collar is substantially overcome and a free and easyslip of the scarf is thus permitted.

The use of my invention is particularly advantageous in connection withcollars containing the well known arrow notch, forif force is requiredto draw the cravat to the point of adjustment this notch is quite likelyto slip off of the collar button.

Preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings. in which 1 a v Figure 1 is a perspective view ofan'ordinary turn-down collar with my improvement illustrated therein.Fig. 2 is also a perspective view of a turn-down collar showing amodification of my invention.

Any desired style of turn-down collar may be used and in the drawingsthe outer portion or flap of the-collar is indicated by 1 and theinner-portion or neck band is indicated by 2. The usual button holes arepro- .60 -to secure the same to the shirt of the vided at the frontand-rear ofihfe neck band wearer.

In the neck bandof the collar tongues I are formed by cutting the band,and at the upper or inner end of the'tongue thus formed the band is cutaway forming an i opening- 4. {The tongue is adapted to'be pressedtoward the outer-flap 1 and to be positioned between the cravat and thisouter flap when the cravat has been inserted in place in the collar."-It remains in this position so long as the cravat is retained in thecollar. The openings 4 at the upper end of the tongue are designed toreceive the edge of the cravat and to permit the same to be movedtherethrough freely. In this connection it is to be noted that it isimmaterial whether the opening or space at the inner end of the' tongueis extended downwardly a considerable distance, even to the bottomof theband, provided, however, arequisite space is allowed at said inner orupper end .thereof. i

The described arrangement eliminates the 85.

objection heretofore experienced from friction, which was due to theouter flap bearing against the cravat causinggit to engage Ii;'1e- 3tionally with the neck band. when it was,

desired to draw the cravat through the col-:1,

lar. In my collar the tongue, which" is placed between the outer flapand the neck band, receives any pressure from the outer. fiap andprevents it from frictionally engaging the same in the manner relatedabove.

Consequently a cravat -may be drawn through this improved collar-Withoutthe inconvenience heretofore experienced.

The length of the tongue is preferably determined by the'width of theordinary cravat at the part thereof which is designed to fit in thecollar, and in the accompanying drawings the preferred length isillustrated. Theparticular' advantage of this arrangement, is that thecravat is retained in proper position and not permitted to move upwardlyout of desired position.

In Fig. 1 the tongue extends to the lower edge of the neck band, but inthe modification illustrated in Fig. 2 the tongue 3 does not extendthrough the lower edge of the neck band. In practice, I prefer to applytwo tongue members in the neck band and inner and outer fold havingcenter and end huttondmles in the inner fold, in combine wngz ucs andthe cd tion with downwardly projecting tongues formed in the inner handadjacent the center button-hole at the hack of the collar adapted to henormally positioned between the ci'avat and the oute told. the edges olsai d ol. the inner band adning openings through jaceni; thereto d. ,1

which a portion of the cravat is adapted to pass, whereby free and easyslip of said cravat between said folds is eli'ectcd.

A turn down collar provided with an inner and outer fold having centerand end button-holes in the inner fold, in combination' with downwardlyprojecting tongues formed in the inner band adjacent the center buttonhole at the hack of the collar adapted to be normally positioned betweenthe cravat and the ()L'ltelfifOlLl, the said inner band having openingstherein at the upper ends of the tongues to receive the edge of thecravat as it is drawn through the collar.

in testimony whereof l allix my signature in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' SCAR KAFKA. Witnesses M. 'imwson Dying Tnomas J. Bimini).

